Scott Gottleib, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Friday announced plans to delay for years a requirement that makers of cigars and e-cigarettes get agency approval for any products marketed after February 2007.
Gottlieb, in a speech to FDA employees, also said the agency plans to explore regulating the level of nicotine in conventional cigarettes -- in an effort to reduce it so that the products are no longer addictive.
| | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | Health Alert | Fri., Jul. 28, 2017 10:22 a.m. | | | | FDA delays e-cigarette rules, will explore reducing nicotine in traditional cigarettes | Scott Gottleib, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Friday announced plans to delay for years a requirement that makers of cigars and e-cigarettes get agency approval for any products marketed after February 2007. Gottlieb, in a speech to FDA employees, also said the agency plans to explore regulating the level of nicotine in conventional cigarettes -- in an effort to reduce it so that the products are no longer addictive. | Read more » | | | |
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